Dr. James Kang, MD

• Orthopedic Surgery

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• University Hospital Of Cleveland, Orthopedic Surgery Of The Spine University Of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Orthopedic Surgery University Of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, General Surgery

  Residency Hospital

• University Of Pittsburgh

  Internship Hospital

• Case West Rsv University

  Fellowship Hospital, 1993

• Washington Univserity In Saint Louis

  Undergraduate School, 1982

• English

• Korean

• Validation of a Non-Invasive Technique to Precisely Measure In Vivo Three-Dimensional Cervical Spine Movement, 2011-03-15

• Effects of secreted factors in culture medium of annulus fibrosus cells on microvascular endothelial cells: Elucidating the possible pathomechanisms of matrix degradation and nerve ingrowth in disc degeneration, 2013-12-18

• ADAMTS5 Deficiency Protects Mice from Chronic Tobacco Smoking-Induced Intervertebral Disc Degeneration, 2017-10-15

• Catabolic Effects of Endothelial Cell-Derived Microparticles on Disc Cells: Implications in Intervertebral Disc Neovascularization and Degeneration, 2016-06-14

• Optimization of Compressive Loading Parameters to MimicIn VivoCervical Spine KinematicsIn Vitro, 2019-03-07

• Retrospective analysis of perioperative variables associated with postoperative delirium and other adverse outcomes in older patients following spine surgery, 2018-12-04

• Attenuation of ataxia telangiectasia mutated signalling mitigates age-associated intervertebral disc degeneration, 2020-06-21

• Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Aging in Intervertebral Discs, 2016-08-12

• Non-Operative Management of Spinal Metastases: A Prognostic Model for Failure, 2019-11-04

• Brief Preoperative Screening for Frailty and Cognitive Impairment Predicts Delirium Following Spine Surgery, 2020-12-01

• In Vitro Spine Testing Using a Robot-Based Testing System: Comparison of Displacement Control and "Hybrid Control”, 2013-05-21

• The Role of Type I Diabetes in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration, 2019-09-01

• In vivo Characteristics of Non-degenerated Adjacent Segment Intervertebral Foramina in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease during Flexion-Extension, 2017-03-15

• ISSLS PRIZE WINNER: INHIBITION OF NF-?B ACTIVITY AMELIORATES AGE-ASSOCIATED DISC DEGENERATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF ACCELERATED AGING, 2012-10-01

• Conditioned open-label placebo for opioid reduction after spine surgery: a randomized controlled trial, 2021-06-01

• Injection of human umbilical tissue-derived cells into the nucleus pulposus alters the course of intervertebral disc degeneration in vivo, 2013-02-04

• Needle puncture in rabbit functional spinal units alters rotational biomechanics, 2014-10-14

• Alterations in gene expression in response to compression of nucleus pulposus cells, 2010-11-05

• National Utilization and Inpatient Safety Measures of Lumbar Spinal Fusion Methods by Race/Ethnicity, 2020-11-20

• Novel Ex-vivo Mechanobiological Intervertebral Disc Culture System, 2011-11-17

• Prostaglandin E2 and Prostaglandin F2a Differentially Modulate Matrix Metabolism of Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells, 2016-03-17

• In Vivo Cervical Facet Joint Capsule Deformation During Flexion-Extension, 2014-04-15

• Prognosticating Outcomes and Survival for Patients with Lumbar Spinal Metastases: Results of a Bayesian Regression Analysis, 2019-04-22

• Molecular and histological characteristics of bovine caudal nucleus pulposus by combined changes in hydrostatic and osmotic pressures in vitro MIZUNO ET AL, 2019-01-03

• ISSLS prize in basic science 2021: a novel inducible system to regulate transgene expression of TIMP1, 2021-02-01

• A Longitudinal Study of the Six Degrees of Freedom Cervical Spine Range of Motion During Dynamic Flexion/Extension and Rotation After Single-Level Anterior Arthrodesis, 2016-11-15

• Geriatric Surgery Produces a Hypoactive Molecular Phenotype in the Monocyte Immune Gene Transcriptome, 2023-09-28

• Serum and nutrient deprivation increases autophagic flux in intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus cells: anin-vitroexperimental study, 2019-03-07

• Characterizing Health-Related Quality of Life by ambulatory status in patients with spinal metastases, 2022-01-15

• Continuous Cervical Spine Kinematics During In Vivo Dynamic Flexion-Extension, 2013-11-07

• Cervical Motion Segment Percent Contributions to Flexion-Extension During Continuous Functional Movement in Control Subjects and Arthrodesis Patients, 2013-04-20

• Expression and regulation of metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in intervertebral disc aging and degeneration, 2013-01-29

• Biologic Response of Human Intervertebral Disc Cells to Gene Therapy Cocktail, 2008-08-01